Veterinary Gateway Programme

Widening Participation pre-conditions (to be met by all)

The Veterinary Gateway programme is available to Home students only that satisfy all of the following specific non-academic requirements:
You are a UK/Irish national resident in the UK or have settled status (including permanent residence or indefinite leave to remain) in the UK.*
You are EITHER currently predicted to achieve no more than two grades below the standard Gateway entry offer for that qualification (NB: all successful applicants will receive the standard offer for the course, irrespective of their predicted grades) OR you have gained a qualification that meets the standard offer for the Gateway course in the 12 months prior to your application.
You have studied only one period of Level 3, unless you are re-sitting that same qualification the following year.
You have never attended university or a higher education institution.
*non-UK nationals unsure of their status should contact Admissions - terms may change depending on Brexit developments.

Widening Participation criteria (route-dependent)
To be eligible for the course, you must meet all of our Route A or Route B requirements. You must indicate how you meet these on the Supplementary Gateway Form. The requirements can be found on our website here: https://www.rvc.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/veterinary-gateway#tab-entry-requirements

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)

All offer holders will be required to complete a criminal convictions declaration as a condition of their offer.

Health checks

Offer-holders will need to pass an Occupational Health assessment before enrolling onto the course. Applicants should also read the RCVS' guidance on Day One Competences: https://animalowners.rcvs.org.uk/document-library/day-one-competences/

Interview

All applicants to this course must attend an interview if invited and cannot receive an offer without attending an interview. Interviews usually take place at our Camden campus between mid-February and the end of March. Invitations to interview are sent by email around 2-3 weeks before the interview date. Once issued, applicants are required to respond to their interview invitation within 5 working days. If invited, it may not be possible to rearrange an interview for a different date, so applicants must ensure they are available for interview before applying and inform us by email of any specific days when they are unavailable. Please note that if you apply to more than one of our Veterinary Medicine courses (excluding the Bachelor of Veterinary Science) and your application progresses to the interview stage, you will be invited to attend one interview only which will be used in our assessment of each of your applications.

Other

All applicants must submit an online supplementary form five days after the date that their application is received. The form will be available in our application portal and applicants will be given access to this, and notified of the need to complete the form, via email on receipt of their application. The form must be submitted independently of, and in addition to, the UCAS application and the RVC will not contact applicants reminding them to submit the form before the deadline given. In the form, applicants will need to demonstrate that they meet our Widening Participation requirements. The RVC uses email as the primary method for contacting applicants about their application. Emails may be sent from either admissions@rvc.ac.uk or myapplication@rvc.ac.uk and applicants are strongly encouraged to take the necessary steps to ensure emails from these addresses do not end up in spam or junk inboxes, as the RVC cannot accept responsibility for any applications that are unsuccessful as a result of missed information or deadlines.